Full Text of Proust Questionnaire
What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Clay Douglass: To be stuck in sameness
Where would you like to live?
Clay Douglass: In the present
What is your idea of earthly happiness?
Clay Douglass: Good food and good friends. Isn't that Applebees?
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
Clay Douglass: Following whims all the way to the end
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
Clay Douglass: The little prince
Who are your favorite characters in history?
Clay Douglass: Jesus, The Buddha
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
Clay Douglass: Female DJs
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
Clay Douglass: Madonna
Your favorite painter?
Clay Douglass: Andreas Gursky (photographer)
Your favorite musician?
Clay Douglass: Loco Dice
The quality you most admire in a man?
Clay Douglass: Peace
The quality you most admire in a woman?
Clay Douglass: Grace
Your favorite virtue?
Clay Douglass: Generosity
Your favorite occupation?
Clay Douglass: Bicycling
Who would you have liked to be?
Clay Douglass: An around the world sailor
Your most marked characteristic?
Clay Douglass: Standard issue white guy-ness
What do you most value in your friends?
Clay Douglass: Their life force
What is your principle defect?
Clay Douglass: Distraction
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
Clay Douglass: Living in Brussels
What would you like to be?
Clay Douglass: Proust said it best
What is your favorite color?
Clay Douglass: Blue
What is your favorite flower?
Clay Douglass: Blooming ones
What is your favorite bird?
Clay Douglass: Hawk
Who are your favorite prose writers?
Clay Douglass: Updike and Ellison
Who are your favorite poets?
Clay Douglass: Thich Nhat Hahn
Who are your heroes in real life?
Clay Douglass: Muhammad Yunus
Who are your favorite heroines of history?
Clay Douglass: Lady Marian
What are your favorite names?
Clay Douglass: Wilhelmina
What is it you most dislike?
Clay Douglass: Proust: My own worst qualities
What historical figures do you most despise?
Clay Douglass: Those who could have done the best and did the worst
What event in military history do you most admire?
Clay Douglass: Swamp fox's exploits
What natural gift would you most like to possess?
Clay Douglass: A strong serve and volley
How would you like to die?
Clay Douglass: Merging into light
What is your present state of mind?
Clay Douglass: Proust: Annoyance at having to think about myself in order to answer these questions
What is your motto?
Clay Douglass: No motto
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Investment Scheme Scams
The number 10 email scam to watch out for is Investment Scheme scams
Clay Douglass
10. Investment Schemes
The Bait: Emails touting "investments" that promise high rates of return with little or no risk. One version seeks investors to help form an offshore bank. Others are vague about the nature of the investment, but stress the rates of return. Promoters hype their high-level financial connections; the fact that they're privy to inside information; that they'll guarantee the investment; or that they'll buy it back. To close the deal, they often serve up phony statistics, misrepresent the significance of a current event, or stress the unique quality of their offering. And they'll almost always try to rush you into a decision.
The Catch: Many unsolicited schemes are a good investment for the promoters, but not for participants. Promoters of fraudulent investments operate a particular scam for a short time, close down before they can be detected, and quickly spend the money they take in. Often, they reopen under another name, selling another investment scam.
Your Safety Net: Take your time in evaluating the legitimacy of an offer: The higher the promised return, the higher the risk. Don't let a promoter pressure you into committing to an investment before you are certain it's legitimate. Hire your own attorney or an accountant to take a look at any investment offer, too.
Forward spam with investment-related schemes to spam@uce.gov.
Clay Douglass
10. Investment Schemes
The Bait: Emails touting "investments" that promise high rates of return with little or no risk. One version seeks investors to help form an offshore bank. Others are vague about the nature of the investment, but stress the rates of return. Promoters hype their high-level financial connections; the fact that they're privy to inside information; that they'll guarantee the investment; or that they'll buy it back. To close the deal, they often serve up phony statistics, misrepresent the significance of a current event, or stress the unique quality of their offering. And they'll almost always try to rush you into a decision.
The Catch: Many unsolicited schemes are a good investment for the promoters, but not for participants. Promoters of fraudulent investments operate a particular scam for a short time, close down before they can be detected, and quickly spend the money they take in. Often, they reopen under another name, selling another investment scam.
Your Safety Net: Take your time in evaluating the legitimacy of an offer: The higher the promised return, the higher the risk. Don't let a promoter pressure you into committing to an investment before you are certain it's legitimate. Hire your own attorney or an accountant to take a look at any investment offer, too.
Forward spam with investment-related schemes to spam@uce.gov.
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